Minnesota Legislature
HF 1160
as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; expanding access to
pesticides application information; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 18B.37, subdivisions 2, 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18B.37,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Commercial deleted text begin and deleted text end new text begin ,new text end noncommercialnew text begin , and private
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applicators.
(a) A commercial deleted text begin or deleted text end new text begin ,new text end noncommercialnew text begin , or private
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applicator, or the applicator's authorized agent, must maintain
a record of pesticides used on each site. Noncommercial
applicators must keep records of restricted use pesticides. The
record must include the:
(1) date of the pesticide use;
(2) time the pesticide application was completed;
(3) brand name of the pesticide, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency registration number, and dosage
used;
(4) number of units treated;
(5) temperature, wind speed, and wind direction;
(6) location of the site where the pesticide was applied;
(7) name and address of the customernew text begin , if applicablenew text end ;
(8) name and signature of applicator, name of companynew text begin , if
applicablenew text end , license number of applicator, and address of
applicator companynew text begin , if applicablenew text end ; and
(9) any other information required by the commissioner.
(b) Portions of records not relevant to a specific type of
application may be omitted upon approval from the commissioner.
(c) All information for this record requirement must be
contained in a single page document for each pesticide
application, except a map may be attached to identify treated
areas. For the rights-of-way and wood preservative categories,
the required record may not exceed five pages. new text begin Where
applicable,new text end an invoice containing the required information may
constitute the required record. The commissioner shall make
sample forms available to meet the requirements of this
paragraph.
(d) A commercial applicator must give a copy of the record
to the customer.
(e) Records must be retained by the applicator, company, or
authorized agent for five years after the date of treatment.
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(f) Records must be filed with the commissioner on a
monthly basis. Records may be filed electronically.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18B.37,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Inspection of records.
The commissioner may
enter a commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control
applicator's business and inspect the records required in this
section at any reasonable time and may make copies of the
records. deleted text begin Unless required for enforcement of this chapter, the
information in the records in this section is private or
nonpublic.
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